Jabar. The Shiro Copr , PURWAKARTA - The Regency Government (Pemkab) Purwakarta Urging the public to stay away from the moving ground area around Pasirmunjul Village, Sukatani District, to anticipate the possibility of subsequent disasters.
The Secretary of Purwakarta Regency, Norman Nugraha said that Pasirmunjul Village is one of the areas prone to land movement.
As a result of the incident, a structured and rapid response is required.
Until now, the time range for the land to move occurs every hour, whereas previously the land moved quite frequently with a time range of five minutes.
In line with this situation, he reminded the public not to approach the disaster area, let alone carry out activities in the disaster area.
"All efforts in the form of logistical assistance will be distributed as soon as possible to meet the needs of the community in the evacuation locations. Therefore, we urge the public not to engage in activities around the disaster area," he said.
The Regency Government of Purwakarta, together with the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) West Java, and the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), as well as related vertical institutions such as Baznas, continues to conduct an inventory of the needs required in the disaster area.
I mention that the landslide disaster that occurred in the last few days is the largest since 2007. Therefore, emergency disaster handling is needed.
BPBD West Java revealed that the disaster in Pasirmunjul Village caused about 250 local residents to evacuate.
Based on the preliminary report, the disaster caused approximately 70 buildings to be damaged, consisting of 57 heavily damaged houses, one heavily damaged public facility, one heavily damaged place of worship, three moderately damaged houses, and eight lightly damaged houses.
According to data from the BPBD of Purwakarta, from June 11-14, 2025, land movement or land collapse has spread 20 meters from the initial point and continues to increase every 10 minutes.
This incident also caused tens of family graves in Cigintung Village, Pasirmunjul to be forcibly relocated.
The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources revealed that the moving soil disaster in that area has occurred several times since Sunday (20/4) at 22:00 WIB, Wednesday (23/4) at 20:00 WIB, Monday (19/5) at 07:00 WIB, Wednesday (21/5), and Saturday (14/6).
In terms of morphology, the disaster-prone area which has an elevation of 370 meters above sea level, consists of hills with slopes that are somewhat steep to very steep. (antara/jpnn)
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